Graphic design: Francisco Oporta (Filter by TL)
Despite playing its first playoff game at home since winning the Stanley Cup, and scoring first, the Florida Panthers were kind of lackluster in a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 at Amerant Bank Arena. Jake Guentzel (1G/2A) and Nikita Kucherov (3A) were too much for the Panthers in the Saturday matinée that saw Lightning break open a tight game with three goals in the third period. Matthew Tkachuk lit the lamp 2:43 into the action, but the Cats couldn’t solve First Star Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves) the rest of the way. Brayden Point, Luke Glendening and Anthony Cirelli also tallied for the Bolts, who cut its series deficit in half.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: Scripps, FDSNSUN, ESPN
- ON THE DIAL: Radio Libre 790 (D/B), Real Radio 92.1 (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #GoBolts, #TBLvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Raw Charge
- SERIES: Panthers lead 2-1
- LAST MEETING: TBL 5, @FLA 1 – (Recap) 4/26/2025
- NEXT MEETING: Game 5 – April 30, 2025
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (2-1 .903 / 2.01 1SO) Tampa Bay: Andrei Vasilevskiy (1-2 .890 / 2.70 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Tampa Bay
Monday in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
- Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) (Series tied 2-2)
Sunday’s games
- Blues 5, Jets 1 (Series tied 2-2)
- Hurricanes 5, Devils 2 (Carolina leads 3-1)
- Capitals 5, Canadiens 2 (Washington leads 3-1)
- Oilers 4, Kings 3 (OT) (Series tied 2-2)
